The number of homicides in London in 2022 has reached 100, the Metropolitan Police has told LBC.
The grim toll includes murder and manslaughter cases, and has been reached following a string of violent attacks in recent weeks.
Separately, 27-year-old Lemar Urquhart, son of boxer Dillian Whyte's promoter Dean Whyte, was gunned down in Brixton on 30 October. A Brazilian Deliveroo moped driver Guilherme Messias Da Silva, 23, was also killed during the car chase. When asked about the "disproportionate" use of police strip search powers on black people, Sir Mark Rowley told the assembly's plenary meeting: "I think there's something about how we look at the crime problems policing is wrestling with.
Last year, there had been 124 murders by December. But 14% of them took place in the same seven week period, compared to 20% this year. Mr Khan added: "We've seen just from last year to this year a reduction of more than 65 per cent in teenage homicides. We've bucked the national trend.
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